Greenville staffing for the plants along I 85 and I 385.
Tire plants, gas turbines, BMW suppliers, food and consumer goods packaging, and the distribution centers feeding Inland Port Greer. The C3 Workforce South Carolina team works Greenville County and the Upstate on the ground, with the screening, payroll and compliance of a nationwide staffing and recruiting company behind it. Written quote within 24 hours.
Sources: SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), South Carolina's Employment Situation, July 2026, released August 21, 2026: Greenville Anderson Greer metro rate 3.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted; metro payroll jobs 487,500, up 9,100 (1.9 percent) over the year, seasonally adjusted. SC LMI, Greenville Regional Workforce Snapshot, Q4 2025. Quote turnaround is C3 Workforce policy.
Tire and turbine plants, the supplier corridor and the freight behind it.
Greenville County has the largest labor force in South Carolina, 305,098 in July 2026, and ran 3.5 percent unemployment. Three situations our South Carolina team sees every week.
Source: SC DEW, July 2026 county data, not seasonally adjusted.
Tire, rubber, turbines and industrial machinery
Michelin North America is headquartered in Greenville with more than 8,000 South Carolina employees across seven Upstate tire plants, and is Greenville County's largest manufacturing employer. GE Vernova's gas turbine plant, about 2,500 South Carolina employees with 650 jobs added in a $160 million expansion announced in 2025, is second. Plants like these run on machine operators, material handlers, quality inspectors and maintenance technicians who can hold a rotating shift.
Sources: SC Department of Commerce and Michelin North America; Post and Courier and SC Daily Gazette, 2025 (GE Vernova).
BMW suppliers down I 385 and up I 85
Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Gray Court carry metal assemblies, interiors and transmissions for BMW; Greer and Duncan hold the seating, mirror and exterior systems plants within a few miles of Plant Spartanburg. Supplier launches, pull ahead orders and quality holds all need assemblers, press and weld operators, sort and containment crews and inspectors who understand IATF quality systems. Our recruiters placed the same roles for Tier 1 suppliers in Metro Detroit for years before they worked the Upstate.
Food, packaging and the distribution centers on I 85
Food and consumer goods packaging plants around Greenville, Mauldin and Fountain Inn want GMP aware packers, sanitation crews and line operators. The distribution centers along I 85 and I 385 want forklift and reach truck operators and pickers. Freight keeps growing: Inland Port Greer handled a record 205,523 rail moves in fiscal 2025 and GSP moved a record 64,593 tons of air cargo in 2025.
Sources: SC Ports Authority, fiscal 2025; GSP International Airport, 2025 cargo report.
The line, the dock and the quality lab.
The roles our South Carolina team fills most often for employers in Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn, Taylors, Travelers Rest and Easley. If yours is not listed, ask. If we cannot fill it well, we will tell you.
Production
Warehouse and logistics
Quality and skilled
One bill rate. Everything an employer owes is inside it.
C3 Workforce is the employer of record
For every temporary employee on assignment, we hire, pay, insure and, when necessary, dismiss. The wage is what the worker earns. Everything else, including South Carolina's E Verify mandate and unemployment tax class system, moves to our desk.
- Recruiting, interviews and skill evaluation
- Background and drug screening to your requirements
- E Verify on every C3 hire within three business days, as South Carolina law requires
- I 9 employment eligibility verification
- Payroll processing and W 2s
- Payroll taxes: FICA, FUTA and South Carolina SUTA
- Workers compensation coverage
- South Carolina unemployment claims posted to C3's account and tax class, not yours
- ACA tracking and 1095 C reporting
- A recruiter who checks in with you and the associate
Four steps from first call to a crew that stays.
No portal, no sales sequence. The person who takes your call on the South Carolina line is the person who works your order.
Consult
You talk to a salesperson, not an intake form. Role, shift, pay rate, environment, and what has gone wrong with past hires. Written quote within 24 hours.
Source and screen
Relationships, not resumes. A recruiter who knows the Upstate knows who will drive from Easley to Fountain Inn for second shift. One standard: anyone we send should be qualified enough to work in our own office.
Start
Onboarding, E Verify, payroll setup, safety orientation and required South Carolina notices are handled before day one. Your supervisor meets someone who already understands the job and the site rules.
Support
A recruiter checks in with you and the associate and visits your plant or distribution center. If something is not working, call us. We respond within one business day.
Straight answers.
Do you have an office in Greenville?
We do not publish a South Carolina street address. The C3 Workforce South Carolina team works the Upstate market from Greenville to Spartanburg with on site visits to plants and distribution centers, and takes orders on the South Carolina line, (864) 875-2009. The company is headquartered at 32233 Schoolcraft Rd, Suite 100, Livonia, MI 48150, and the Livonia sales team can also be reached at (734) 552-5731. Candidates apply online and interview by phone.
Which Upstate cities do you cover from Greenville?
Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn, Taylors, Travelers Rest, Easley, Piedmont and Duncan, plus Anderson, Laurens and Spartanburg, and we take orders anywhere in the state. C3 is a nationwide staffing and recruiting company, so direct placement and contract searches run anywhere in the country.
How tight is the Greenville labor market right now?
Tight. The Greenville Anderson Greer metro ran 3.7 percent unemployment in July 2026 with payroll jobs up 9,100 (1.9 percent) over the year, the largest gain of any South Carolina metro, and Greenville County was 3.5 percent with the state's largest labor force at 305,098. That means the reliable second and third shift people are already working somewhere, and recruiting them takes relationships and a competitive pay rate, which we will tell you plainly in the quote. Source: SC DEW, Employment Situation, July 2026.
How does South Carolina's E Verify law work in a staffing arrangement?
Every private employer in South Carolina must verify each new hire through E Verify within three business days. C3 verifies the people it hires and places with you; you verify the people you hire directly. In a temp to hire conversion the person becomes your new hire on the day they move to your payroll, and you run E Verify then. Sources: SC Code 41 8 20; SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
Can we hire a temporary worker permanently?
Yes. Many Upstate clients use a temporary assignment as a working interview. Ask about temp to hire and we will lay out the transition to your payroll before you place the order.
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